I, frequently, give talks to university students. Definitely some of what he said will be part of my future talks.

One of the things that I admire from people in the West is that many of them really love what they are doing. Here, I've seen people with no passion. They just go to work day by day not knowing what they want. It's a pitty, really. Maybe it's because we have too many things to do. Heavier burdens? I am not trying to get excuses, but we do have a heavier burden. I can see that many Indonesians would excel (easily?), if they were in the West. But, it might be because we "stay hungry? in Indonesia"

I want to be an agent that can change the situation in Indonesia, to show that one can love one's work. How? By showing them how I did/do it. Walk the talk. Apparently, it's not so easy, but I love what I am doing.

I think you are mistaken that people in the West enjoy their jobs more than elsewhere. I think we have more opportunities to enjoy our jobs....but most do not know how to do that and are zoned out by mass amounts of media. There is a great deal of discontent and inability to appreciate the richness life has to offer. There is a severe lack of gratitude. There is a great emptiness which many try to fill in shallow ways.debWashington Statebuilding a new future

Deb said:There is a great emptiness which many try to fill in shallow ways.

Aha, that is exactly how I felt when I was living in the West. I am tempted to write a long story about how I felt about that. It's going to be a fiction though. Romance? Perhaps. Just give me some time to do it.